[Newindpress] Four students charged with sodomy; held under Ragging Act

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Thursday September 7 2006 00:56 IST

SRIKAKULAM: A shocking incident of six engineering students of GMR Institute of Technology (GMRIT), who had unnatural sex with one of their colleagues on Tuesday, came to light at Rajam near here on Wednesday.

Police arrested four students under provisions of AP Prevention of Ragging Act, 1997 and also charged them with sodomy. Two others are at large. The accused; DV Bhaskar, T Ramesh and Santosh; called one of their classmates Ch P Mukesh, staying in an adjoining room in Anjani complex, and forced him to have sex with them and beat him when he refused to oblige them.

After some time, Bhaskar and three others; T Ravi, Yerraiah Babu and BBK Chaitanya; called Ramesh who is also their classmate, and threatened him with dire consequences if he did not fulfil their carnal desire

Ramesh succumbed to pressure and became a victim of the heinous act. Another student Harish videographed the sexual act with a cellular phone, due to coercion by the miscreants.

The victim Ramesh left for his native place Visakhapatnam a few hours after the incident while Harish lodged a complaint with the police. A team of police led by DSP PV Krishnaiah raided the complex where the accused were staying and arrested Bhaskar, Chaitanya, Ravi, Yerraiah Babu while Ramesh and Santosh are said to be absconding.

The cops have also seized the cellular phone, which is the crucial evidence.

Meanwhile, the police have written a letter to the GMRIT principal seeking information about the accused students and their background.